APOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION
\ɐpəstˈɒlɪkə͡l səksˈɛʃən], \ɐpəstˈɒlɪkəl səksˈɛʃən], \ɐ_p_ə_s_t_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_k_əl s_ə_k_s_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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(Theol.) The alleged unbroken succession of priests in the Church by regular ordination from the apostles to the present time. In the theory of the Latin Church, all bodies in which this succession has been broken have neither Church nor sacraments.
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).